Brunellia comocladifolia subsp. cubensis Cuatrec.
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Authority
Cuatrecasas, José. 1970. Brunelliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 2: 1-189. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Brunelliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. H. F. A. Eggers 5325; (holotype, F; isotypes, GH, A, S, C, M, P, US). Cuba: Monte de la Prenda, 700 m alt, arbor 15 m, floribus luteo-fuscis, Apr 1889.
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Synonyms
Brunellia comocladifolia Humb. & Bonpl.
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor usque ad 15 m alta, ramulis badiis densiuscule tomentosis internodiis striatis haud vel leviter compressis 1.5-3.0 cm longis. Gemmae dense tomentosae ferrugineo-ochraceae. Stipulae plerumque bigeminae minutae 0.8-1.5 mm longae caducae. Folia 5-8-juga axi 14-32 cm longo badio-tomentoso interjugis 1.5-3.0 cm longis petiolo 4.0-8.5 cm longo, stipellis subulatis crassiusculis 1.0-1.5 mm longis. Foliola firmula coriacea; petioluli 1-5 mm longi terminalis 15-20 mm longis; laminae (3-) 5-13 cm longae (1.3-) 1.5-3.5 cm latae lanceolatae vel oblongo-lanceolatae basi asymmetrice rotundatae vel obtuse cuneatae apice attenuatae saepe acute acuminatae, margine revolutae duplicato vel simpliciter indentatae obtuse crenatae subserrulatae mucronis minutis; supra leviter rugosae, primum puberulae demum costa impressa pilosaque excepta glabrae, subtus fulvae vel ochroleucae nervatione tomentello-hirtulae nervis secundariis prominentibus 10-14 utroque latere ascendentibus angulo 30°-50°, reticulo venulorum prominenti fundo cinereo dense papilloso. Paniculae axillares densae plerum-que quam petiolis breviores 3-10 cm longae pedunculo 1.5-4.0 cm longo badio-tomen-toso, ramulis dense tomentosis ultimis tenuibus brevibus. Pedicelli teneri 1-2 cm longi. Bracteolae 1.0-1.6 mm longae. Alabastra depresso-globosa circa 2 mm diametentia. Flores pentameri feminei vel hermaphroditi; calyx expansus 6.0-6.4 mm diametens lobis elliptico-oblongis acutis 2.0-2.3 mm longis 1.2-1.5 mm latis extus breviter tomentosis intus subsericeis; stamina filamento 4.5 mm longo inf erne hyalino-hirsuto, antheris 1.1-1.2 mm longis; staminodia plerumque filamento circa 1 mm interdum 1.5-1.8 mm longo, antheris sterilibus oblongis 0.6-0.7 mm longis; carpidia 5, ovariis 1.0-1.5 mm longis tomentoso-hispidulis, stylis 2 mm longis media parte inferiori incrassata strigosa. Folliculi ellipsoidei minute tomentosi et hispidi endocarpio cartilagineo 2.6-3.0 mm longo 1.8-2.0 mm lato uno extremo rotundato altero attenuato subacutato. Semina ellipsoideo-oblonga 2.0-2.2 × 1.4 mm.
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Common Names
Ayua barría, ayua blanca, Guásima (de pinares)
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Distribution
Limited to the mountainous region of Oriente in Cuba. It grows in the humid pine or mixed forests of the temperate altitudinal belt called "Fangales" in eastern Cuba from 900 to 2000 m, and at still higher elevations to the top of the Sierra Maestra in "Monte Fresco" level. It may be also found at lower altitudes, as 700 m.
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